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1,000-Year-Old Elite Tomb Unearthed at Panama’s El Cano Site

Panama’s culture ministry calls the gold-laden burial a find of great importance for understanding pre‑Spanish societies in Central America.

Ice-Age Wolverine Jaw Unearthed in Yorkshire’s Stump Cross Caverns

Cambridge Students Unearth Possible Early Medieval Execution Pit at Wandlebury

Mexico Announces 600 CE Zapotec Tomb in Oaxaca, Hailed as Decade’s Top Find

1,400-Year-Old Zapotec Tomb Discovered in Oaxaca

Hawass Says Search Nears Nefertiti’s Tomb in Valley of the Kings

Parking-Lot Work at Dinosaur National Monument Uncovers Sauropod, Prompting First Dig There in a Century

Karnataka Begins Formal Excavation at Lakkundi Temple After Gold Discovery

Sicily Dig Uncovers Rare 5th-Century BCE Stylus With Dionysian, Phallic Carving

Second Temple–Era Mikveh Found Under Western Wall Plaza, Sealed With 70 C.E. Destruction Debris

Egypt Unveils Restored Alabaster Colossi of Amenhotep III in Luxor

225 In-Place Statuettes at Tanis Identify Pharaoh Sheshonq III

Rutland Roman Mosaic Recast as Lost Aeschylus Trojan Tale in New Study

Archaeologists Map 16 Ancient Canoes in Lake Mendota, Oldest Is 5,200 Years Old

103 Years After King Tut’s Tomb Was Found, Its Legacy—and a New Museum Showcase—Define the Story

Swedish Angler Unearths Vast 12th‑Century Silver Hoard on Hörningsholm Castle Grounds

Silla-Era Commander’s Tomb With Rare Human and Horse Armor Unveiled in Gyeongju

Rare 4,000-Year-Old Relief Missing From Saqqara Tomb as Egypt Opens Probe

1,400-Year-Old Cross Links Sir Bani Yas Dwellings to Early Christian Monastery

Egypt Unveils Submerged Roman-Era City Off Alexandria Identified as Extension of Canopus